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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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A RARE BRONZE TRIPOD POURING VESSEL AND A COVER, XIAOLIUDING
LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 8TH - 7TH CENTURY B.C.
The pouring vessel is cast with rounded sides supported by three cabriole legs. The body is decorated
in flat relief with frieze scales in two horizontal bands, all below a border of double-ring pattern under
an everted rim. The short spout is cast in the shape of a tiger head with pointed triangled ears and
the two upright looped handles are jointed by struts to the rim. The cover is cast in relief with a pair of
symmetrically entwined serpent-like dragons, their heads emerging from opposite sides of the rim and
enclosing the tier-form handle. The edge of the rim is decorated with two crouching monkeys aligned with
the central handle. The underside of the cover is decorated with three further small serpent-like dragon
masks to serve as a stop to hold the cover in place.
4 7/8 in. (12.4cm.) wide across handles
£250,000-350,000 US$320,000-450,000
€280,000-380,000
PROVENANCE:
The Collection of Walter Hochstadter (1914-2007), acquired prior to 1997.
Christie's New York, 18-19 March 2009, lot 520.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2011.
The Collection of Julius Eberhardt (1936-2012).
Sotheby's New York, Magnificent Ritual Bronzes: Property from the
Collection of Julius Eberhardt, 17 September 2013, lot 6.
Property from a Princely Collection.
LITERATURE:
J. J. Lally & Co., Ancient Chinese Bronzes, New York, Spring 2011, no. 6.

貴族私人珍藏
西周晚期 鱗紋小流鼎
來源:
Walter Hochstadter (1914-2007年)舊藏, 於1997年之前購入
紐約佳士得, 2009年3月18-19日,拍品520號
J.J. Lally & Co., 紐約, 2011年
朱利思 ． 艾伯哈特(1936-2012年) 舊藏
紐約蘇富比, 《Magnificent Ritual Bronzes: Property from the Collection of Julius Eberhardt 》 2013年9月17日, 拍品6號
展覽:
J.J. Lally & Co.,《Ancient Chinese Bronzes》紐約, 2011年, 6號

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